H. V. Bowen

Revenue and Reform

The Indian Problem in British Politics 1757 1773

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Produktbeschreibung

Revenue and Reform considers how politicians in London tackled the many problems stemming from British expansion in India.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 365g
• ISBN-13: 9780521890816
• ISBN-10: 0521890810
• Artikelnr.: 21115084

Inhaltsangabe

List of tables
Preface
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1. Traders into sovereigns: the East India Company, 1757-1765
2. Perceptions of empire
3. The policy-makers: Parliament and the East India Company
4. Crown and Company (I): the Diwani and the inquiry of 1767
5. Crown and Company (II): foreign relations, 1766-1769
6. Attempts at reform (I): civil, military, and judicial affairs, 1767-1772
7. Attempts at reform (II): trade and revenue, 1767-1772
8. The East India Company crisis of 1772
9. Response to crisis (I): high politics and the committees of inquiry, 1772-1773
10. Response to crisis (II): trade, finance, and reform
11. The final act? the passage of Lord North's East India legislation, 1773
Conclusion
Select bibliography
Index.